IChurch · listed 1966Church of St PeterPhoto: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Mat Fascione · CC BY-SA 2.0C+History Grade
History of Thornton · Historic England
2 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Thornton’s built-up area, 19 for every 10,000 residents. 25% of its homes were built before 1919. Thornton grades C+ for history.
Listed buildings
2
19 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
25%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Thornton
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons and Geograph, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the building’s page or its official list entry.
The map
Where Thornton’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade I
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
2 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*1 Grade II
Historic England lists buildings in three grades: Grade I for buildings of exceptional interest (about 2.5% of all listed buildings), Grade II* for particularly important buildings of more than special interest (about 5.8%), and Grade II for buildings of special interest (about 91.7%). Listing protects the whole building, inside and out.
Every entry on the National Heritage List for England whose point lies inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary. One list entry can cover a terrace or a group of buildings.
Grade I
The Grade I listed building in Thornton
Buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II
1 Grade II listed building
Most listed buildings are in this grade, which covers buildings of special interest. Open any building to read its official list entry.
All 1 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
History Grade
Thornton grades C+ for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (4 points, 39 per 10,000 residents)More than 33% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (25%)More than 74% of UK towns
Two measures, each ranked against every UK town of 1,000 or more, with protected heritage counting twice as much as the age of homes. Protected heritage counts each listed building by its grade (Grade I three points, II* two, II one), each scheduled monument and battlefield two, and each registered park or garden by its grade; it is ranked both per 10,000 residents and as a total, so a village with one fine church doesn’t outrank a historic city. The second measure is the share of homes built before 1919, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records. History is a character grade: it describes the town and isn’t part of the overall grade.
Homes by age
25% of Thornton’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
17%
Before 1900
7.9%
1900–18
1.3%
1919–29
5.3%
1930s
11%
1945–54
2.5%
1955–64
12%
1965–72
9.1%
1973–82
6.6%
1983–92
7.9%
1993–99
12%
2000–08
0%
2009–15
7.9%
2016–25
ThorntonEngland & Wales
17% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 12% of today’s homes.
Valuation Office Agency, council tax stock of properties by build period, 31 March 2025, for the neighbourhoods (LSOAs) that make up the town, split by where their residents live. Homes with no recorded build period (12 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Thornton has the 85th most Grade I buildings of 2,090 towns its size
Places of 1,000–2,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Thornton1
#1,725 of 2,090for listed buildings per resident (19 per 10,000). Aberaeron, Beaumaris and Burford lead.
84 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Thornton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thornton | 1,030 | 2 | 1 | C+ |
| Bagworth | 1,869 | 1 | 0 | D |
| Markfield | 4,761 | 6 | 0 | D |
| Newbold Verdon | 3,097 | 11 | 1 | C |
| Desford | 3,817 | 15 | 0 | C |
| Barlestone | 2,563 | 4 | 0 | C− |
| Ratby | 4,262 | 3 | 0 | D |
| Ellistown | 2,971 | 0 | 0 | C− |
In brief
Thornton in brief
Old houses are part of Thornton’s character: 25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 2 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Only 84 of the 2,090 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and the list grew between 1966 and 1991.
Questions about Thornton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Thornton?
Historic England lists 2 buildings inside Thornton’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 1 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Thornton?
One: Church of St Peter.
How old are the homes in Thornton?
25% of homes were built before 1919 and 32% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
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Sources: Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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